World events shaping history list from 1776 to 2006
AP roundup highlights major moments across years and nations. It covers political milestones such as Cleveland marriage in the White House and Marshall Plan proposals, major conflicts at Midway and D-Day, and notable deaths and legal rulings. It notes milestones in spacewalks, oil spills, and terror attacks, with numerous dates and figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Cleveland
Frances Folsom
White House
Congress
U.S
Timothy McVeigh
Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building
Oklahoma City
Hosni Mubarak
Landmark moments span Madison Bill of Rights to Reagan Britain address
A timeline spans 1789 Madison proposing the Bill of Rights to 1982 Ronald Reagan addressing a joint session of Parliament. It notes 1949 Orwell novel publication and 1991 Mount Unzen lava flow in Shimabara Japan, underscoring pivotal political and geological events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Madison
House of Representatives
Congress
George Orwell
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Londo
Ronald Reagan
U.S
Mount Unzen
Shimabara
Japan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frank E. Evans
Hmas Melbourne
Royal Australian Navy
South China Sea
Manila
SEATO
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Tos
Associated Press
Edward H. White II
Ixtoc
Gulf of Mexico
London Bridge
George Marshall
Europe
Elvis Presley
Richard Henry Lee
Continental Congress
Midway
Great Lakes
Edmund Fitzgerald
Detroit
U.S. Supreme Court
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
al-Qaida
Iraq
Young Men’s Christian Association
YMCA
London
Seattle
Normandy
France
Israel
Lebanon
George W. Bush
Department of Homeland Security